Youth’s Views of Themselves in Adult Social Roles
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Monitoring the Future Surveys 1976-2023
nationally representative sample of U.S. 12th-graders
N = 99,399
How good do you think you would be as a:
Response options: (1) poor (2) not so good (3) fairly good (4) good (5) very good
| Variable | Overall N = 99,399 (100%) |
Men N = 47,369 (48%) |
Women N = 52,030 (52%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mom completed college | 33% | 34% | 31% |
| Race identity | |||
| White | 71% | 73% | 70% |
| Black | 11% | 9.4% | 12% |
| Another race | 18% | NA% | NA% |
| Region | |||
| Northeast | 20% | 19% | 20% |
| Midwest | 27% | 27% | 27% |
| South | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| West | 19% | 19% | 19% |
‘How good do you think you would be as a _________’
‘How good do you think you would be as a _________’
Joanna R. Pepin
University of Toronto
Melissa A. Milkie
University of Toronto
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